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Pronunciation : Tink"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
Definition : 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.

2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

3. (Ordnance)

Defn: A small mortar on the end of a staff.

4. (Zo?l.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Zo?l.)

Defn: The razor-billed auk.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tink"er
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.

t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tink"er
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913